China's first batch of transgenic cloned cattle successfully bred offspring in Beijing

On September 15, at the experimental base of Beijing University of Agriculture in Pinggu, Ni Hemin, head of the national major transgenic project "Breeding of New Varieties of High-Quality and Efficient Transgenic Beef Cattle" and professor at the College of Animal Science and Technology of Beijing University of Agriculture, was tending to the second-generation "transgenic calf." "Niuniu," the first batch of somatic cell transgenic cloned cattle born in 2012 and carrying the adiponectin gene, successfully bred offspring, and the second-generation "transgenic calf" showed normal vital signs after birth. The calf is now half a month old and in good health. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Wen

On September 15, at the experimental base of Beijing University of Agriculture in Pinggu, staff fed the second-generation "transgenic calf." Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Wen

This is "Niuniu" and the second-generation "transgenic calf" photographed on September 15 at the experimental base of Beijing University of Agriculture in Pinggu. Xinhua